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Grant Hill
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 402.... with his boyhood friends.
4. Grant soon decided to try out for the varsity team. As a freshman he played power forward and was averaging 14 points and 7 rebounds per game. At a fourteen -and- under national tournament in Seattle Washington where he ranked most valuable player.
5. The Sea Hawks (Grant's team) depended on Grant this last ten seconds. The captain of the team Jerome Scot said, "get the ball to Grant ". The team was very uncooperative and did not listen until there was one second left. Grant won the game for his team because of an alley-oop dunk.
6. Gra .....
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Industrial Revolution
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 749.... human labor have created high rates of unemployment for many nations. Before the revolution, jobs were very limited because work was accomplished through animal power and hand labor. Also many tasks required men with considerable skills which could only be accomplished through long hours of work and practice. In the past and in the present it could be clearly seen that the sprouting factories have brought high commands for individuals to function the births of new technology. Henry Ford’s assembly line for example required thousands of workers with minimal skills to meet .....
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Building And Keeping A
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1276.... deals
with the issue of how America and Americans will acquire land. Infrastructure is America
working together. America depends on many things to keep it running, when these things
cross paths we develop an infrastructure. America must solve internal problems all of the
time. What these problems are and how we solve them is what shapes America. America
slowly began to build a continental empire.
In order to achieve the five things needed to create a continental empire America
had to start slow. They first had to gain the trust of their people and settle the diffe .....
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The Civil War
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1043.... slavery nor involuntary servitude . . . shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." It seemed democracy had triumphed by giving freedom to slaves, but the amendment was not complete. It only stopped slavery, and made no provisions for citizenship; therefore, blacks were still not considered United States citizens. The fourteenth amendment was the democratic expansion that fixed that problem. Originally passed to "put a number of matters beyond the control or discretion of the president," the amendment also made "All persons born or n .....
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1247.... for the competitive West Point entrance exam and won an appointment to the school in 1911.
The Coming of a Commander in Chief
Unknown to him at the time, Eisenhower would later lead many military forces though the course of both world wars, winning decisive victories and helping push America forward even before his own presidency. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Eisenhower was promoted in the army and assigned to training duty for new cadets. He desperately wanted to see action during the war, and applied for an overseas assignment. His own skill would .....
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Reform Judaism In The 19th Cen
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 967.... when European Jews were (for the first time) recognized as citizens of
the countries in which they lived in. Ghettos were being abolished,
special badges were no longer required and Jews could dress the way
they wanted, settle were they pleased and work the occupations they
desired.
Many Jews settled outside of Jewish districts, and began to
live like their neighbors and speak the language of the land. They
went to public schools and began to neglect Jewish Studies and forget
about he Shulchan Aruch.
In 1815, after Napoleon's defeat .....
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Labor Unions
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 605.... product should be inelastic, so that there is little, if any, decline in sales in response to price increases. Second, labor costs should be a small portion of the total costs of production, so that a rather large increase in wages would generate only a small increase in the price of the product. Third, the supply of factors that can be used as substitutes for union labor, such as nonunion labor or labor-saving machinery, should be inelastic, so that their price rises substantially as more units are employed. Fourth, the ability of these factors to substitute for union labor sh .....
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The Persian Wars
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 346.... During
the battle the Greeks lost seventy ships out of three hundred and thirty.
It was another story on land. The Spartan king Leonidas protected pass
at Thermoplye with three hundred Spartans and 6700 non-Spartans. A Greek
traitor knew Leonidas plans so the traitor led the Persians behind the pass.
Once Leonidas was aware of this he sent large amounts of troops to block
the Persians. They fled and had Leonidas was pinned. The 300 Spartans and
700 Thespians fought to their death.
At Salamis the Persians occupied Athens and then burned down their
city. At the Harb .....
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